Chapter 1243: Final act (Part 1)

"Sigh..."

Just as Li Ang grabbed Prince An De Lie's confused soul and prepared to send him to the Gate of the Dead, a sigh of regret rang out abruptly from the depths of Prince An De Lie's soul.

"Sure enough, not completely trusting you was the right choice."

"?!!!"

Hearing this familiar sigh, Prince An De Lie's pupils contracted violently, then he asked in shock and anger:

"White Snake? You did something to my soul... Mmph..."

"It's not that I did something to your soul, but the entire Lu Wang Society made some guarantees for the world fragment handed to you."

The voice named White Snake sighed:

"Black Owl, your ability and wisdom are not bad, but your mind is ultimately too immature. Plus, you are one of the royal families who are targets. How could the society completely trust you?"

Sure enough, the Lu Wang Society still had a backup plan for him.

After listening to the short exchange between "White Snake" and Prince An De Lie, looking at the strange patterns similar to snake scales that appeared on the outer layer of Prince An De Lie's soul, Li Ang's eyes narrowed.

When Director Scorpio was ambushed earlier, it was the Lu Wang Society that found a way to bypass the Watchtower Palace, sent power down, and forcibly sealed his soul, which led to Director Scorpio's light-speed defeat.

And where there is one, there is two. Once they sensed that the situation was out of control, the possibility of the Lu Wang Society taking action again was naturally not just a little high.

"Li Ang·Lai En."

The silver-white snake scale patterns with stardust spread rapidly, soon climbing onto Prince An De Lie's face and occupying nearly half of his face. And An De Lie, whose half face had turned into snake scales, actually switched to White Snake's tone and said with emotion:

"Although Black Owl himself truly has many problems, in the situation where even Director Scorpio was dealt with, you were actually still able to seize the opportunity to forcibly turn the tables. It seems we underestimated you in the past."

"So?"

Li Ang, who gripped Prince An De Lie's soul tightly and had the phantom of the Three-Headed Dog God vaguely appearing behind him, asked back with narrowed eyes:

"An De Lie's soul is now in my hands, and I can send it into the Gate of the Dead at any time. What are you preparing to use to stop me?"

"You misunderstood. I didn't prepare to save Black Owl."

Hearing Li Ang's words, "Prince An De Lie" shook his head and said with a calm expression:

"To us, he, like that Aquarius director of your Cleaning Bureau, could only be considered an external member from the beginning and was not on the same side as us. I have no need to save him."

"Now what I need to do is just execute the constraint signed by him and Snow Owl when they joined the Lu Wang Society, ensuring that no royal bloodline can leave the Ke Luo Ke Wang Guo alive."

Constraint?

Li Ang was slightly stunned upon hearing this, then as if he had thought of something, he turned his head suddenly.

Sure enough, the green-eyed young lady, who hadn't made a sound for a long time, was half-kneeling on the ground, trembling. Not only were her two arms covered in pitch-black crow feathers, but even the position where her mouth should have been had arched into a pitch-black, oily, and shiny bird beak.

"Constraint one: As long as the Ke Luo Ke Wang Guo exists, one must never leave the kingdom. Those who violate this will have their soul and flesh annihilated."

Accompanied by "Prince An De Lie's" chanting, the space between the two siblings' eyebrows cracked open simultaneously, and a drop of golden-red blood bead rolled out along the cracks between their eyebrows.

"Constraint two: One must never give birth to royal descendants in their lifetime. The bloodline inheritance is severed from this point on. Those who violate this will have their soul and flesh annihilated."

With the second finger of "Prince An De Lie" raised, a second fine line cracked open between their eyebrows, and a second pale pink blood bead floated out. "Constraint three: No Ke Luo Ke Wang Shi may be captured by the Cleaning Bureau and taken away from the Ke Luo Ke Wang Guo. Those who violate this will have their soul and flesh annihilated."

When the third crack appeared between their eyebrows and the dark gray blood bead floated up, "Prince An De Lie" raised three fingers and said with a calm expression:

"The two of you, according to my judgment, it is now time to trigger constraint three."

"No!"

Amidst White Snake's calm notification, Prince An De Lie's soul surged, then regained control of half his face and roared:

"Clearly no one has been taken out of the Ke Luo Ke Wang Guo! I didn't breach the contract! You are the ones who breached the contract!"

"But this matter is already bound to happen."

The other half of "Prince An De Lie" said calmly:

"You have always misunderstood one thing. The condition for triggering the constraint is not what you think of as 'already' happened. When this matter is 'about to' happen, we already have the qualification to use the constraint."

Besides, if you really have to count a breach of contract, the one who breached it first was you. After obtaining the World Fragment, you painted the vast majority of your soul into the painting that fused the World Fragment.

You only kept your consciousness and physical body in the Kroke Kingdom, along with a small portion of your soul within the scope of an ordinary person, wanting to use this to shake off the constraints you set for yourself. This is already a form of betrayal."

"No! You are..."

"We are very fair and have been acting according to the agreement all along. Even though you breached the contract first, we didn't impose sanctions immediately. No matter how you calculate it, you are the one who has failed us."

After finishing these words, "Prince Andrei" looked up at the frowning Li Ang and informed him with a peaceful expression:

"The things I needed to do are done, and the words I needed to convey have been spoken. Then, goodbye. You can send his soul into the Dead Realm now."

"..."

Send him to the Dead Realm... is there still any point?

Looking at the souls of the two siblings, which were gradually collapsing despite their best efforts to maintain them after the 'White Snake' left, Li Ang couldn't help but close his eyes and sigh deeply in his heart.

At the rate Andrei's soul was collapsing, it would likely dissipate just after passing the 【Funeral Mirror Lake】 and could no longer reach the 【City of Regret】. Fei Liya's soul was much weaker than his, and it would likely dissipate completely within two or three hours.

So, after all the trouble he had gone through, the mission still failed in the end...

"No! It shouldn't be like this!"

As the white snake patterns on his body faded somewhat and Prince Andrei's will regained the upper hand, he gritted his teeth, tears in his eyes, and said with deep unwillingness:

"I was clearly ready, I... I clearly wanted to go apologize... why... why did it turn out like this?"

"Sorry, I don't have any way either."

After moving Fei Liya, who was covered in crow feathers and trembling uncontrollably, over to his side, Li Ang sighed and said to the two siblings lying side by side on the ground:

"A person's life is just like this. Regrets always run through the beginning and end of life. If some things aren't done at the time, there will never be another chance to do them later.

Andrei, given the current state of your soul, it's already impossible to reach the 【City of Regret】 to apologize to your family. However, you still have one last chance to say something to your sister."

(End of Chapter)